Su Zecai finally got his wish and entered the gallery courtyard and became a court painter.

Because Princess Qingtian was so angry that she only looked at his painting because of his painting of the turtle shell, she didn't read all the other candidates' exam papers, so he was the only one who was specially admitted.

Su Zecai came to the hall of the gallery and felt a little surprised, all the more than 20 painters in the gallery were some young boys and girls.

He suddenly became suspicious, isn't the requirement for the admission of candidates in the gallery academy not divided into men and women, old and young?

Why is it that there are only younger generations here, but there are no seniors and elders?

He couldn't help but ask a young male candidate: "In Xia Su Zecai, dare to ask Brother Taigao's surname?" ”

The young male examinee replied: "Don't dare, brother Tai is polite, under Xu Lingtian." ”

Su Zecai asked: "Brother Xu, why don't you see the elderly in this gallery?" But they're all peers of your and mine? ”

Xu Lingtian replied: "Brother Su, you are new here, of course you won't know, tell you, the new Ministry of Rites Shangshu of this gallery has issued a new rule, and the monthly examination will be canceled, and the layoffs will be grouped, just today." ”

"Layoffs?"

"Yes, in the past, there were more than 100 painters in the gallery courtyard, and the number of painters was not less than 50, think about it, how can there be so many painters in the palace? They all eat white food! No, the new Ministry of Rites has already asked for rectification, and the emperor has agreed. ”

"I see, but I don't know what kind of layoff grouping method is?"

"This is the first, those who are over 30 years old will not be hired, and the second is that the painters who paint people, things, and scenes are a group, which used to be disorganized."

Su Zecai nodded: "Thank you Brother Xu for your advice, I understand." ”

Xu Lingtian smiled: "I was admitted to the exam in September last year, I am twenty years old this year, I am a painter, I am one of the best painting masters in that exam, I am ashamed to say that although I was admitted to this court painter a few months earlier than Brother Su, however, there were many people in the past, and I was basically idle for a few months." ”

Su Zecai arched his hands: "It turns out that Brother Xu is also a painting, I can't hide it, I also paint in the future, I hope that Brother Xu will give me more advice, Brother Xu is modest, this idle job is also due to the reason of the gallery, how can you blame Brother Xu?" ”

"Hehe......" Xu Lingtian smiled and paused, suddenly, as if he remembered something, he stared at Su Zecai in surprise, "No, no!" Are you a newly admitted candidate? But how did I hear about this month's gallery exam, because of the nonsense of the third princess of Qingtian, she asked the painters to paint herself, and she didn't want someone to draw a turtle, so angry that she left in a rage, and as a result, none of the candidates this month were admitted. ”

Su Zecai smiled bitterly: "The person Brother Xu said is exactly below, but, to be precise, what is drawn under is not a turtle, but a turtle shell." ”

Xu Lingtian was taken aback: "That person is you?" Have you been admitted? ”

"It's true." Su Zecai responded modestly.

"The master has arrived—"

With a shout, a chubby middle-aged man in an official uniform and hat entered the gallery courtyard, and this person was the owner of the gallery courtyard, the owner of the Yu courtyard.

The master of the Yu courtyard entered the door and stood, cleared his throat, and said loudly: "The gallery is under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Rites, and the new Lord Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites has asked for the rectification of the gallery courtyard, the cancellation of the monthly examination, and the reduction of people into groups. ”

After the master of the Yu courtyard finished speaking, his gaze swept over the faces of the twenty-three painters one by one.

No, it's not!

It's twenty-four, how can there be one more person?

This extra person is Su Zecai.

The master of the Yu courtyard stared at Su Zecai: "Who are you?" ”

Su Zecai was not in a hurry: "The master of the courtyard, Su Zecai is under him." ”

"Su Zecai?" The master of the Yu courtyard thought for a while, and his eyes lit up, "Oh, I remember, you are the royal painter of the third princess, and the guards of the third princess came to greet me before, why did you come?" ”

As soon as the master of the courtyard said this, the eyes of the twenty-three painters in the courtyard invariably looked at Su Zecai.

There is surprise, envy, jealousy, and indignation in these eyes.

Although Xu Lingtian knew about Su Zecai's self-reported admission, he didn't know about the royal painter, and he was really surprised when he heard what the master of the Yu Academy said at this moment.

At the same time, Xu Lingtian also had questions, and couldn't help but ask himself in his heart: "Painted a turtle shell, was not killed but was admitted, and became a royal painter, is Princess Qingtian really angry or fake angry?" Or is there something special about this kid? ”

I only heard Su Zecai say: "There was something at home yesterday night, so I didn't come." ”

The master of the courtyard waved his hand: "It's good to be here today, it's good to be here, today the master of this courtyard is planning to carry out the final grouping." ”

"Yes." Su Zecai responded.

The master of the Yu courtyard said loudly: "Listen, the painter's station is on the far right, the painting is in the middle, and the painting scene is on the left. ”

Soon, the painters were divided into three rows and stood up, and Su Zecai of course stood in the middle.

On the far right stood eight people, five men and three women.

There were six people standing in the center, four men and two women.

On the far left stood ten people, six men and four women.

The owner of the Yu Courtyard cleared his throat: "Listen, the new secretary of the Ministry of Rites of our gallery said, in order to avoid making everyone feel that the painting work is boring, it was decided to group men and women, if anyone has an opinion, they can leave immediately, the master of the academy will not be reluctant, fortunately, on the gallery of the painter candidate list, there are still many people, and their painting skills are believed to be not much worse than those of you!" ”

There was silence, and none of Su Zecai and the twenty-three painters spoke.

Master Yu nodded with satisfaction and began to group.

"You Hu, Qi Lian, Zhang Shaocheng, Shen Yuelu, Tian Shu, three men and two women, you are the first group of painters."

"Lu Ye, Zhuo Xian, Zhuang Yin, two men and one woman, you are the second group of painters."

"Su Zecai, Xu Lingtian, Liu Yueyin, two men and one woman, you are the first group of paintings."

"Ke Mingyan, Ding Biyong, Qiu Yun, you are the second group of paintings."

"Ma Qianxing, Shangguan Fan, Xu Zhi, Qiao Qingwei, Feng Yin, three men and two women, you are the first group of paintings."

"Wang Bi, Yang Daitian, Tang She, Liu Wuhua, Lu Lianxian, three men and two women, you are the second group of paintings."

"No accidents, no vacations, two groups of painters break dawn to noon, noon to sunset, take turns to work, in case of accidents or resignations, in the case of a lack of people, the master of this institute has his own scheduling, here, I hope you are loyal to your duties, do a good job, do you understand?" The Lord of the Yu Courtyard asked loudly.

"Got it!"

Twenty-four painters responded loudly, resounding in the sky.

……

It's night.

Gallery courtyard wing.

Su Zecai, Xu Lingtian, Ke Mingyan, and Ding Biyong live in the same room.

Xu Lingtian was complaining: "What kind of male and female matching? I thought it was true! I didn't expect that there is still a difference between men and women! ”

Ke Mingyan smiled: "I said Brother Xu, why are you thinking of something crooked?" ”

Ding Biyong laughed: "Brother Ke, in my opinion, Brother Xu didn't come to the gallery to be a painter, and he came to find a lady." ”

"Hahaha......" Ke Mingyan couldn't help laughing.

Xu Lingtian scolded with a smile: "Looking for you big-headed ghost!" ”

Ding Biyong saw that Su Zecai was silent and didn't say a word, so he couldn't help but ask him, "Brother Su, why are you silent?" It's no fun! ”

Xu Lingtian said: "Brother Su is the person next to the third princess, these girls in the gallery must not be able to enter his eyes, right?" He was in no mood to discuss it. ”

"Brother Su, you are someone who has met the third princess, can you tell us all how beautiful she is?" Ding Bi asked in a hurry.

"Tell us about it."

"That's it, what does the third princess look like?"

Ke Mingyan and Xu Lingtian also echoed the question.

Su Zecai smiled bitterly: "It's useless for me to say, it's better to see is believing, they are all court painters, are you afraid that you won't have the chance to meet any princess?" ”

"Makes sense." Xu Lingtian nodded, "But then again, I hope I don't meet those powerful people, if I help them paint, if I don't want to do it, then I will have to eat the board!" ”

Ke Mingyan said: "Brother Xu, what you say is unreasonable, we are court painters, aren't we helping those imperial relatives, high-ranking officials and ministers to paint?" Even helping the emperor paint is very common. ”

Su Zecai smiled: "If you come, you will be safe, so many people are not afraid to take the court painter examination, what are we afraid of?" ”

Ding Biyong nodded: "That's it, what are you afraid of?" Whoever is afraid, he will be able to go home tomorrow. ”

Xu Lingtian smiled evilly: "Go home? Hehe, now our gallery is as beautiful as a cloud, I'd rather spend the moon and die, be a ghost and be romantic, reluctant to go. ”

"Knock knock!"

There was a sudden knock on the door.

Xu Lingtian asked, "It's so late, who will come?" ”

Ke Mingyan followed: "Did we talk too loudly and affect the other brothers and sisters?" ”

While Xu Lingtian and Ke Mingyan were guessing nonsense, Ding Biyong had already gone to open the door.

Liu Yueyin and Qiu Yun entered the room.

Liu Yueyin and Qiu Yun are both beautiful girls who are only seventeen or eighteen years old.

Liu Yueyin has a beautiful face, a long and jade body, and is as light as a swallow when she walks, and her body is full of seductive girlish atmosphere.

Qiu Yun's beauty is not inferior to Liu Yueyin, but she is petite, but this does not affect her beauty.

"Who should I be, I didn't expect that two great beauties had arrived, come and come, come and sit." Xu Lingtian was overjoyed.

Ding Biyong closed the door: "Two girls, in the dead of night, what are you doing in our house?" There's a ghost here, you have to be careful. ”

"What the hell? Where are the ghosts? Xu Lingtian glanced at Ding Biyong, "I said Brother Ding, your title has to be changed, what two girls, it should be called Yueyin, Yun'er, that's right!" ”

Liu Yueyin and Qiu Yun looked at each other and smiled, and said in unison: "Let's call Yueyin and Yun'er!" ”

Xu Lingtian was so happy that he forgot about the southeast and northwest, and nodded busily and said, "Okay, okay, just call Yueyin and Yun'er, Yueyin, Yun'er, hello." ”

Qiu Yun snorted lightly, no longer paid attention to Xu Lingtian, and turned her head to look at Ke Mingyan and Ding Biyong: "Brother Ke, Brother Ding, the three of us are a group, and we will perform painting errands together in the future, and ask the two eldest brothers for more advice." ”

Ke Mingyan and Ding Biyong were stunned for a moment, and then nodded together with a smile: "Definitely, definitely." ”

"Sister Liu is here to find Brother Su and Brother Xu, they are a group, this is a small place, you can go out with me to talk!" Qiu Yun stopped talking, turned around and walked out the door.

"Wait for us!"

"Yun'er, wait for me!"

Ke Mingyan and Ding Bi chased after him in a hurry.

Xu Lingtian stared at Liu Yueyin and said softly: "Yueyin, you put one hundred and twenty hearts, you are in our group, Brother Su and I will definitely take good care of you." ”

"Thank you, Brother Xu." Liu Yue's words were said to Xu Lingtian, but his eyes were at Su Zecai.

Su Zecai's face was embarrassed: "Brother Xu is right, since we are all painters in a group, and you are a daughter's family, Brother Xu and I should take good care of you, if you have any difficulties in the future, you can tell us, you are welcome." ”

"Thank you, Brother Su!" Liu Yue hung her head shyly, turned around and ran out of the door.

Xu Lingtian was dumbfounded and muttered to himself: "Run, this, run, how can this be?" I still like Yun'er's character. ”

Su Zecai looked out the door and smiled, very reluctant and bitter.